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Trash Talk - PhpBB

knightrider01 - Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:37 pm
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Uhh..... Phpbb is kinda confusing.... all those words...
Mine you better help me on this please.... or at least someone.... plz?

SuSE - Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:39 pm
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what the nigmund is wrong?

knightrider01 - Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:47 pm
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Uhh.... I'm not at my own computer right now, but the problem is that I don't undertand the install guide that much. Its a little like blah blah blah.
(Sorry. It's just that Im just caught up in school, i act grumpy. Please excuse my grumpyness) Its has 1 million words on it and im too lazy to read thru the whole thing. (figuratively) Please help:

SuSE - Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:50 am
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just upload all the contents of "phpBB2" into the directory of your choice ("forum" is a good name)

chmod config.php to 666 and then go to yourdomain.xxx/forum/install/install.php and the script will guide you completely from there on

knightrider01 - Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:05 pm
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still confused....

Mine GO BOOM - Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:49 pm
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Please read all those tiny little words that they typed up in the Installation Guide. All those words are their for a reason, as they answer 99% of the questions.

It is a very well documented script.

SuSE - Tue Nov 04, 2003 3:48 pm
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phpBB2/docs/INSTALL.html wrote:

1. Quick Install

If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and are sure your hosting service or server will run phpBB 2 you can use these steps to quickly get started. For a more detailed explanation you should skip this and go to section 2 below.

1. Decompress the phpBB 2 archive to a local directory on your system.
2. Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account.
3. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client)
4. Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB 2 with the addition of install/install.php, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB2/install/install.php, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/install.php etc.
5. Fill out all the requested information and hit Submit
6. Change the permissions on config.php to be writeable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client)
7. Click the Complete Installation button or revisit the location you entered above.
8. phpBB 2 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 8 below for important, security related post-installation instructions.

If you experienced problems or do not know how to proceed with any of the steps above please read the rest of this document.

knightrider01 - Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:15 pm
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Umm.....
I have NO knowledge of using FTP
I have NO idea what they mean by host
What file (web accessible) should i put the archive to?

Helicon - Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:12 pm
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do you know html?

Cyan~Fire - Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:42 pm
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Are you sure it's a good idea for you to run a forum?

SuSE - Tue Nov 04, 2003 8:29 pm
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uh....get someone else to do it for you

knightrider01 - Sat Nov 08, 2003 12:00 pm
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Can someone here set a phpbb forum up for me please? I apprecciate it

Cyan~Fire - Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:14 pm
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There's many sites that will host a forum for you on the internet. Google it.

SuSE - Sat Nov 08, 2003 2:02 pm
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knightrider01 wrote:

Can someone here set a phpbb forum up for me please? I apprecciate it

if you actually have a host and can create a mysql table, I'll do it
-if you don't know I'll check for you, pm me info or something

knightrider01 - Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:04 pm
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The question board is for a zone i am sysop in.

And also if the zone im sysop has a website already (www.freewebs.com/tacticalwarfare) from another one thats free will it still count as web hosting?

myke - Sun Nov 09, 2003 12:47 am
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freewebs doesn't allow php or MySQL so you'd need to find a host that allows that...your host is freewebs i dunno any free hosts that allow php and MySQL though

SuSE - Sun Nov 09, 2003 12:48 am
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there are plenty, most just have ads

3x.ro

lycos.co.uk

knightrider01 - Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:03 pm
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sigh*

Do i REALLY have to use them besides freewebs?

SuSE - Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:31 pm
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dunno about php, but freewebs claims to support cgi

you could use ultimatebb

knightrider01 - Mon Nov 10, 2003 6:54 pm
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**Sigh** forget it I can't do it...............